The Left has a real problem understanding a “right.” A right is something that is inalienable and cannot be legislated away by men.
Self-defense is a right. Freedom of speech is a right. Freedom to practice a religion of your choosing is a right. These are things that are self-evident and cannot be usurped by laws, no matter how much they threaten you with incarceration.
That being said, since marriage between homosexuals is currently not acceptable to American law (whereas two men or two women cannot legally be married), “gay marriage” cannot, under any circumstances, be a right.
Marriage, however, is a sacrament in the Catholic church and a religious rite almost universally known and accepted around the world by all cultures and religions. It is a sacred promise between two people to live life as one and to procreate and raise children in the eyes of God.
You tell a stranger in Turkey that you’re married and this is your husband or wife, they’ll understand. You tell another stranger in Pakistan that the effeminate Tom Selleck lookalike next to you is your wife, and you likely won’t make it out of there with your head intact.
“That being said, since marriage between homosexuals is currently not acceptable to American law (whereas two men or two women cannot legally be married), “gay marriage” cannot, under any circumstances, be a right.”
Exepting in the places that it is acceptable to American law and state. In any case the state’s take on it isn’t the determinate of whether or not “gay marriage” is right or wrong.
“Marriage, however, is a sacrament in the Catholic church and a religious rite almost universally known and accepted around the world by all cultures and religions.
Right on. The Catholic Church doesn’t rely on the state to define and protect marriage, thank God.
Freegards